• ISBN13: 9780387982304
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Physics and Astronomy
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Publisher Imprint: Springer V
• Publication Date: December 16, 1997
• Pages: 326
• Original Price: EUR 84.95
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 636 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Physics / Crystallography, Physics / General, and Physics / Nuclear

About the Book 1 Introduction to Liquid Crystals.- 2 Dynamics of Nuclear Spins.- 3 Orientational Order.- 4 Molecular Field Theories of Flexible Nematogens.- 5 Nuclear Spin Relaxation Theory.- 6 Director Fluctuations and Spin Relaxation.- 7 Rotational and Translational Dynamics.- 8 Internal Dynamics of Flexible Mesogens.- 9 Multiple-Quantum and Two-Dimensional NMR.- Appendix A Relations Between Cartesian and Spherical Tensor Components.- Appendix B Rotations, Euler Angles, and Wigner Rotation Matrices.- Appendix C Matrix Elements of the Rotational Diffusion.- C.1 Biaxial Probe in Uniaxial Phases.- C.2 Uniaxial Probe in Biaxial Phases.- Appendix D Liquid Crystal Abbreviations.